Jospin Gave France the 35-Hour Week and the Warning Nobody Heard
Lionel Jospin died at 88 — the Socialist PM who proved that competent governance can lose to populism if it doesn't see it coming.
Charles Ashford
Bureau: London
Valerie Perrine Won Cannes and Made Superman Smile
Valerie Perrine, who bridged art-house prestige and blockbuster spectacle with equal ease, died Sunday at 82 after a decade-long fight with Parkinson's.
A Teenager Won His Second Formula 1 Race for Mercedes
Kimi Antonelli won the Chinese Grand Prix at 19, his first-ever F1 victory — and Mercedes now has a teenager doing what Lewis Hamilton used to do, only cheaper.
Raphael Comes to New York for the First Time in a Generation
The Met is staging the first comprehensive Raphael retrospective ever held in the United States, and the fact that it took this long tells you something about how we treat the Renaissance.
UK Summons Iran's Ambassador Over Espionage Charges
Britain summoned Iran's ambassador after an Iranian national and a British-Iranian dual national were charged under the National Security Act for spying — a spy case, not a war case.
Ronnie Bowman, Bluegrass Songwriter Who Crossed Into Country, Dies at 64
Ronnie Bowman, the Lonesome River Band vocalist who wrote hits for Chris Stapleton and Kenny Chesney, died Sunday after a motorcycle accident in Tennessee.
David Sklansky Made Poker a Science and the Science Made Everyone Rich
David Sklansky, the theorist who turned poker from gambling into game theory, died at 78 — his books created the intellectual foundation for the 2000s poker boom.
Tommy Shelby Got the Ending He Deserved and a 91 Percent on Rotten Tomatoes
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is streaming on Netflix with a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score — Cillian Murphy's Shelby farewell is the best thing on the platform this month.